Beverley Nielsen, Labour’s Sion Simon, Conservative Andy Street, UKIP’s Pete Durnell and the Green Party’s James Burn all took part in the hustings event yesterday evening.

The event was chaired by Telegraph editor Keith Perry and readers and audience members were given the chance to quiz the hopefuls on what they plan to do for Coventry and Warwickshire and the wider region.

You can catch up on the event in full via this link , or read our brief summary below.

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High on the agenda was high speed rail line HS2. Liberal Democrat candidate Beverley Nielsen spoke in support of the HS2 project, suggesting it might be appropriate for Coventry to sacrifice train services to London for the good of the wider region.

She said: “Coventry reducing services to London from three to two an hour in exchange for greater connectivity to Nuneaton could be a good trade off.”

She also spoke of a desire to make Coventry a “cycling city” and her desire for investment in low carbon transport.

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